Maureen Schneider, senior vice president of clinical program development and chief nursing officer at Somerset Medical Center, left, with some of those honored during the medical center's National Nurses' Week celebration on May 6, from left to right: Mary Wieczorek, MSN, RN of South Plainfield; Irene Dela Cruz, BSN, RNC, of Somerville; Natalie Manfre, BSN, RNC OB, of South Plainfield; Salvatore Moffa, MD, of Cherry Hill; Katelyn Menapace, BSN, RN, of Piscataway; Doris Crowell, BSN, RN, NIC, of Warren; Darilyn Paul, MS, RN, APN-C, ACNS-BC, CCRN, of Old Bridge; John Bucek, MD, of Bridgewater; Marites Ventus, BSN, RN, BC, of Hillsborough; and Mary Pat Adams, BSN, RN, of Hillsborough

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Somerset Medical Center has awarded its highest nursing honor to Mary Wieczorek, MSN, RN of South Plainfield. Wieczorek received the 2014 Jean Dougherty Award, named in honor of a former Somerset Medical Center nurse who served as a role model for her standards of practice, high performance, loyalty to the medical center and advocacy for nurses and patients.

Wieczorek began working at Somerset Medical Center in 1981. She is clinical director of the medical center's emergency department.

During a special ceremony conducted on May 6 in celebration of National Nurses' Week, Ken Bateman, ...

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